Dish-washing machine.



v C. E. STORCK.

DISH'WASHING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED NOVJZ. 1916.

Patented June 19, 1917.

. venience arm provide a dish whims- CLARENGE EDWARD STQREK, fill BALTIMGRE, MARYLAND.

DISH-WASHING MACIKINE.

Specification of Fictters Patent.

,es gogieisi ntention and smelter 192s.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Cmnsnon E. S'roacit, a citizen of the United States, residing at city of Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Fin:

rovements in Dish-'Wsshin Machines 7 and I do hereby declare the following to he afull, clear, and exact description 01. the mvent-ion, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which use the same.

This invention machines, and has it appertains to make and relates to dish-washing for an ohgect to provide a machine of the class embodying the,

greatest the rec of ,simplicity with con efficiency.

A further object of the invention is to provide one or more buckets or tuhs with a manually rotatable cage disposed therein and coniprisingnew and improved features of ezficiency and economy.

A further ohjcct of the invention is to washing machine of such nature that it can he made up of convenient size for ordinary household use, wherein the dishes may be washed, rinsed and dried expeditiously and without being touched by the hand,

With these and other objects in View, the. invention comprises certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will he hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawings Fignre 1 is it view of the device, the till) being shown in diametrical section and the cage partly in elevation and partly in section. v

is' a top plan view of the device, part of the lid of the cage being broken sway to show the internal construction.

modified type of cage.

in section of the wired ;showing the Wire forming, a part of the scouring means for the lid.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view-05a slightly perspective view partly Fig. 4.1; a detailed edge of the cage Pittcnted June i9 Serial in. Tlt$,l$6. V

out invention comprises one or more tubs 10, preferably formed tapering with the bottom smaller, forthc reason that in an ordinary dish-washing outfit two or more of the tuhs are fuunishcd and it is desirable to nest the uhs and cage for convenience in shipping and storage. The tub is preferably composed of sheet metal having a. xvii-ml upper edge shown at 11, and n chime at the bottom supportingthe bottom sheet 13 spaced some distance abovethe floor or Sable on which the device is The tub is also preferably provided with a hail l i which serves as convenient means for manipulating the tub either when filled or empty.

li ithin the tub 30 a cage preferably composed of a sheet metal side Wall 15 and bottom 16, an whenso conr posed of sheet metal is provided with openings or perforalions 17, both in the side wall and the bottom. The cage may, if found desirable. also he composed of wire as shown at Fig. 3. in either case, the is provided ivilh :1 central pivot 18 which rests in depression or indentation 19 in the bottom 13 of the tub. The cage is also provideo with legs 20 shorlcr than the cen tral pivot 18 so that the entire cage may rotate upon its pivot without the legs 20 engaging the bottom 13 of the tub, the clearance, however, being; so little that when the cage is set on the table or the like the inclination oi the cage is but slight. The legs also serve to hold the cage from slipping when it is elevated out of the tub and rests on thc'cdggo of the tub for drainingthe dis-hos conlaiiu-(l iu the cage. The cage is provided with a cover or closure 21 in diameter slightly less then the internal diameter of the top of the tub so that while such closure 21' practically fills and closes the top of: the tulyit nevertheless permits the rotation oi and Within the tub, such rotation being facilitated hy the two handles The cover or closure 2ft may he lunged to the cage in any approved manner, but it is preferably hinged by employing the upper Wire of the reinforced edge to -form a. loop 23 as shown more particularly at Fig. 5, the cover having'a sleeve 2 surrounding such wire loop 23. So that the handles 22 may serve for lifting the cage and its contained dishes into and out of thc'tuh it is necessa y that the.

resting.

is employed cage cover member 21 be attached to the cage by means in sddition to the hinge. For such purposes staple 25 is provided produced in any approved manner, but prefcrubly by curving; the reinforcing Wire upwardly into' such staple as indicated more particularly at Fig. 4. lhe cover member is provided with a slot 26 positioned to engage over the staple 25, and any fastening means as the hoolr 27 may be inserted through the staple 25 to secure the cover in position. So that the hook 27 may not become lost it is preferably secured to the cover in any approved manner as by the chain 2?.

in operation, one of the tubs 10 is partiully filled with :1 detergent solution sul'fi' cient to cover the dishes to be operated upon, While another similar tub is filled with clear water. Both of these baths are retained at or nearly at the boiling point to assist not only in removing the dirt accumulated upon the dishes, but also to more thoroughly sterilizo the dishes, and when the dishes have been removed the heat of such dishes immediately dries the same without the use of absorbent or other drying menus.

The dishes placed in the cage and the cover closed and secured, the cage is lifted into the tub containing the detergent bath by employing the handles 22. Once inserted in such tub and the spindle 18 properly seated in the socket 19, the Whole cage becomes so ported upon such central pivot and may e easily and conveniently rotated by manual operation, stress being applied to the handles .22. The cage and its contuined dishesnisy be rotated and reversed until the detergent hath has thoroughly cleansed and sterilized the contained dishes After the. cleansing in the detergent both the cage containing the dishes is lifted out of that bath and into the rinsing bath where a similar process is pursued in that the cage and contuined dishes are rotated as found desirable in the rinsing bath. The rinsing being completed, the cage and contained dishes are lifted out, set upon the table or other convenient receiving means, and the heat of the dishes themselves almost instantaneously dries the water from their surfaces.

After the cage 1.5 is lifted from the tub it may be rested on the rim of the tub which permits the Water to be drained from the dishes within the cage, and to prevent the letter from slipping oil the edge of the bucket the bottom flange of the cage 15 may be roughened as by means of notches 15' ing a central pivot engaging a central bear- I I log in the tub, in cover member secured to the cage and located Within the top of the tub and being of a diameter sli htly less than the diameter of the top of t c tub so as to have guided rototive relation therewith to support the cage upright, and means cerried by the cover for rotating and lifting the cargo.

3. In a, dish-washing machine, a tub having an open top, a cage of lesser diameter than the tub and pivoted to rotate withi the tub upon their major axes, o cover hing edly secured to the cage and located within and rotetivcly fitting the upper open end or" the tub to support the cage. upright, and spaced handles carried by the cover Whereby the cage and cover may be handled or rotated in the tub.

4. A dish-washing machine comprising a tub having an open upper end, a cage contrally pivoted Within the tub, an annular flange carried by the cage extending below such. cage bottom but held out of engagement with the tub by the central pivot, said flange being provided with s notched annuler bottom edge for the purpose of positively temporarily supporting the cage against slipping when resting upon the rim of the tub.

5. A dish Washing apparatus comprising a tub having in the center of its bottom a bearing seat, a cage having a bottom portion provided centrally with a pivot to rest in said seat of the tub, a cover movably connected to the cage and having diametrically opposite handles whereby the attached cage may be carried, or oscillated on its central hearing when dis osed in the tub, the top of the cage being slow the rim of the tub, when inserted, and the cover being of such diameter as to rotatively fit Within the tub at its rim and thus laterally support and guide the cage.

In testimony whereofl afiix my signature.

OLARENCE EDWARD STOROK. 

